A hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times a minute when hovering in place. How many times will it flap its wing in 15 seconds?(1 point)

Question

The hummingbird will flap its wings ___ times.

Answer 1

To find out how many times a hummingbird flaps its wings in 15 seconds, we can start with the information given:

• The hummingbird flaps its wings 5,000 times in one minute.

1. First, convert the minutes to seconds. There are 60 seconds in a minute, so: \[ \text{Flaps per second} = \frac{5000 \text{ flaps}}{60 \text{ seconds}} \approx 83.33 \text{ flaps per second} \]

2. Now, we need to calculate how many flaps occur in 15 seconds: \[ \text{Total flaps in 15 seconds} = 83.33 \text{ flaps/second} \times 15 \text{ seconds} \approx 1250 \text{ flaps} \]

Thus, the hummingbird will flap its wings approximately 1,250 times in 15 seconds.